Tough Mama
Jerry Garcia Band
Bob Dylan Cover
(live versions also played by Garcia and Saunders & Legion of Mary)
Note* Instrumental Verse Chords measures may vary - depending on how heavy Jerry throws on the Jam!
Intro: DBmADBmADBmA
Tough Mama -- meat shaking on your bones
DBmA
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
BmA
Sister's on the highway with that steel driving crew
BmF#mEmG
Papa's in the big house her working days are through
CGA
Tough Mama -- can I blow a little smoke on you?
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Dark Beauty -- Won't you move it on over and make some room?
DBmA
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
BmA
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
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You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
CGA
Dark Beauty -- with that long night's journey in your eyes.
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Sweet Goddess -- born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
DBmA
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
BmA
Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past.
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The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
CGA
Sweet Goddess -- Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.
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Silver Angel -- with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
DBmA
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.
BmA
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,
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I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.
CGA
Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch.
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I'm crestfallen -- the world of illusion is at my door,
DBmA
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
BmA
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
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I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
CGA
Dark Beauty -- meet me at the border late tonight.
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